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Another one bites the dust.......

By th way I drink in wether spoons in the ferry and its a really neice pub.I also live just down the road from the Abbey its not a bad place to live it just has some bad people like every where else

You've just jogged my memory TC, it was Total Demolition Services who where on the job. They looked to be clearing the building on Friday, but I haven't been past since.

As for the pics; had to do some emergency computer repair. Later on now

the pub didnt close through lack of trade i belive the owner sold the land to the devilipers next door and put all his money into renovaiting and reopening the derby over the road

Here are the pictures I took, I was luck to have my camera on me and only had it as I was heading to New Brighton for the sunset

Smoke Plume


Chasing the local reprobates


Aerial appliance arriving


The three tenders


Roofless


Fighting

Good pics xan, well done you.

Nice piccys, this is faster than the news.

I lived in the Abbortford from 1973 to 1983. These pictures are upsetting as I can identify all of my brothers rooms, the lounge , kitchen etc. When we moved in it was relatively new, it has a working man's bar bottom left at the front, an off license in the middle(where the front door is on the pictures), and two lounges back and front right. The front right lounge was the quiet posh one and the back lounge was the lively one with the duke box in it. The two lounges had illuminated glass panels on the front of the bars. The back lounge had cartoon pictures of monks/abbots playing bowls and the one at the front was wood, brass and red leather illumination. The pub was built by Whitbread and all of their beers and associated drinks were sold ther like trophy bitter, Heinekein, pony and Makesons stout as well as R whites mixers and smith's crisps. This was the time of disco and new wave and disco nights were introduced to the pub to the annoyance of the established customers I think. Christmas parties in there included cammel lairds and the dressmaking factory down the road whose name escapes me. When we moved in there was an old coop on the right and low rise flats behind. To the left and across the road was a large derelict victorian villa that was pulled down the following year, and Kirklands school was down St Peter's road were lads would go to learn woodwork and girl's dressmaking I think.Jon's chipshop was over the the New Chester Road on the left and of course the post office and greengrocers over the road on the right. I used to walk to the Dell Middle School every day. I have decent photos of people taken behind the bar and views from the window-I'll dig them out and load them. How sad all gone. Denise

Thanks for the history, Denise. I hope one of the mods can transplant it so it can be saved.

On a different note; the local papers have got on to the story 24hours later than Wiki and without pics!

BLAZE AT DERELICT PUB

I think the factory whose name escapes you was Carfax if we're on the same wavelength.

The Abbey has now been flattened didn't get a chance for a pic as I was driving

Doesn't suprise me, I'll see what pics I can get later

Developers were propbably a bit fed up waiting... there will be a whole load of 3 storey houses with "To Let" boards there in a few weeks time

I remember driving past a few summers ago - when it was open, the sun was shining and the beer garden was full, full of yobs fighting, throwing glasses, bottles etc etc....

Not surprised its closed, and been burned to the ground. My only worry is where all those yobs will end up....

Excellent photos there Xan.

I drove past the place about 2 hours before it caught fire. You could see a window board had been removed and the place was accessible. It crossed my mind to have a look but I guessed it would be full off feral youths or smack heads so I gave it no more thought. I am glad I left it.